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Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Sedona or Tromso?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Sedona for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’s own page.

Choose Tromso for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Sedona 16, Tromso 8: Sedona leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Sedona 33, Tromso 36: Tromso leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Sedona 20, Tromso 27: Tromso leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Sedona 8, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sedona 93, Tromso 92: Sedona leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Sedona 55, Tromso 14: Sedona leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Sedona 42, Tromso 45: Tromso leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Sedona 22, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Sedona 34, Tromso 15: Sedona leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Sedona 18, Tromso 11: Sedona leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sedona 13, Tromso 32: Tromso leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sedona 82, Tromso 38: Sedona leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sedona and Tromso.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Sedona
36match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSedonaTromso
Official language-Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation1,319 m20 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSedonaTromso
City population9,68479,943
People per km²19532
Museums within 10 km08
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.